22] --- September 21, 2016 is INTERNATIONAL DAY OF
the UNITED NATIONS FOR PEACE!

23] --- On
Wed., Sept. 21 from noon to 1:30 PM hear about “The Fix: How Nations Survive
and Thrive in a World in Decline” with author Jonathan Tepperman, Editor,
Foreign Affairs and moderator Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO, New
America. We’ve all heard the bad news. The heady promise of the Arab
Spring has given way to repression, civil war, and an epic refugee crisis.
Income inequality is rising around the world. And the threat of ISIS and other
extremist groups keeps spreading. We are living in an age of unprecedented,
irreversible decline—or so we’re constantly told.

Tepperman presents a very different picture— the
often-overlooked good news stories, offering a provocative, unconventional take
on the answers hiding in plain sight. Pulling examples of successful programs
from nations around the world, Tepperman proposes global solutions to the
biggest challenges we face today.

24] -- The 40th Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights
Awards is happening on Wed., Sept. 21 from 5:30 to 9 PM at the Carnegie
Institution for Science, 1530 P St. NW, WDC 20005. The Institute for
Policy Studies is proud to present an inspirational film project
by Grassroots Media DC featuring past award-winners from far and
wide. Join IPS and MC’s Jodie Evans of CODEPINK and Larry
Stafford of Progressive Maryland to hear these human rights champions
reflect on how the Letelier-Moffitt Award impacted their work, and what gives
them hope during challenging times. Visit http://act.ips-dc.org/site/Calendar?id=100623&view=Detail.

25] -- Come to the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 PA Ave.
NW, Room 120, WDC, on Thurs., Sept. 22 from 3 to 5 PM. After nearly
2 years of work from DC's immigrant communities and advocates, Many Languages
One Voice's amendment to strengthen the Language Access law will soon be marked
up by the Judiciary, then set to move to the entire council. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1035566859890277.

26] -- Islamophobia in Focus: Muslims & the Media will
be discussed at the Newseum, Knight Conference Center, 555 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW, WDC, on Thurs., Sept. 22 from 3 to 4:30 PM. Research shows that 9 in
10 of all news reports about Muslims, Islam, and Islamic organizations are
related to violence – war or terrorism. In fact, most Muslim newsmakers are
warlords or terrorists. Alarmingly, media representations of Islam were worse
in 2015 than any other time since 9/11. Are such portrayals representative of
today’s global realities? Are Muslims simply over-sensitive? Are concerns with
media depictions of Muslims and Islam in the West reflective of a liberal
culture obsessed with political correctness? Go to http://www.religiousfreedomcenter.org/event/2016-09-22-p/?mc_cid=08129dd6b1&mc_eid=5ca7a5fe18.

28] --- On Wed., Sept. 21 at 4
PM get involved in March for Peace in Rehoboth for Peace Week Delaware. Meet at
Grove Park, just as you enter Rehoboth. A group will organize with
posters and banners; the march will proceed to Rehoboth Band Stand near the
ocean; followed by Celebration of Peace Week Delaware and Dedication of Peace
Pole; at Grove Park, Columbia Ave. & Grove St., Rehoboth 19971. The
event is sponsored by Lewes-Rehoboth Coalition for Peace Week Delaware. Email twstar54@aol.com. At 5 PM, there will be a dedication of the
Peace Pole. Also there will be a brief program acknowledging the
importance of peace-making in all major faiths at Rehoboth Beach Bandstand, 1
Rehoboth Ave., Rehoboth 19971.

29] --- There is a Maryland
Alliance for Justice Reform MAJR General Meeting on Wed., Sept. 21 at
6:30 PM at the People for Change Coalition, 9500 Arena Dr., Suite 460, Largo,
MD 20772. Continue planning for the 2017 legislative session and for
monitoring progress of the newly-created Justice Reinvestment Oversight
Board. Food will be provided to those who RSVP to Patience Schenck
at pat.schenck3227@gmail.com. Visit: http://www.ma4jr.org.

30] – FATHER JOHN DEAR will
speak on INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE, Wed., Sept. 21 at 7 PM at the First Unitarian Church, 730 Halstead Road,
Wilmington, DE 19803. Father Dear has
spent over three decades speaking to people around the world about the Gospel
of Jesus, the way of nonviolence and the call to make peace. He has served as
the director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the largest interfaith peace
organization in the United States. He has traveled in war zones around the
world, including Iraq, Palestine, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, and Colombia; lived
in El Salvador, Guatemala and Northern Ireland; been arrested over 75 times in
acts of civil disobedience against war; and spent eight months in prison for a
Plowshares disarmament action.

He will be bringing copies of his ‹new book: Meditations on the Beatitudes,
Peacemaking and the Spiritual Life. Jimmy Carter says of the new
book: "The Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount are Jesus' blueprint for
peace. Everyone should study John Dear's beautiful reflections and join the
campaign of peace and nonviolence." For more about John, go to http://www.fatherjohndear.org/ Call June
Eisley at 302-475-0407.

31] --- The Peoples Power Assembly Community Organization
will meet on Wed., Sept. 21 at 7 PM at 2011 North Charles St., Baltimore 21218.
The Assembly meets at 7 PM on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Call
443-221-3775.

32] --- Sierra Club National Director Michael Brune will be
at a Meet and Greet on Wed., Sept. 21 from 7:30 to 9 PM at Kaldi's Social
House, 918 Silver Spring Ave., Silver Spring 20910. Learn about
Maryland's critical role in Sierra Club's national climate strategy. Also
attending will be Sen. Paul Pinsky, sponsor of the Maryland Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Act. Purchase a ticket at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sept-21-meet-and-greet-with-michael-brune-and-senator-paul-pinsky-tickets-27415908721?ref=estw.
All proceeds will benefit the Maryland Sierra Club's work to transition
Maryland from coal and fracking gas to clean renewable energy.

33] – ELIZABETH
HINTON PRESENTS “-FROM THE WAR ON POVERTY TO THE WAR ON CRIME: THE MAKING OF
MASS INCARCERATION IN AMERICA" on Wed., Sept. 21 at 7:30 PM at Red Emma's
Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave., Baltimore 21201. We've been told that
the roots of mass incarceration lie with conservative backlash and the Reagan
Republican War on Drugs—but, as Elizabeth Hinton shows in her new book, the
roots of mass incarceration are older and deeper, grounded in the liberal response
to urban crisis, and specifically to the way federal support for increasingly
militarized policing arose during LBJ's war on poverty. In an era where
urban unrest among Black Americans demanding justice is once again
foregrounding the depths of poverty in communities of color across the country,
this is a vital cautionary tale about the unintended or unnoticed consequences
of policies that purport to offer solutions but are really grounded in an
agenda of control. Call 443-602-7585. Go to http://www.redemmas.org.

"The
master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought
the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while
the subject class has had nothing to gain and everything to lose--especially
their lives." Eugene Victor Debs